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Failure of CMS Nurses and Doctor to Properly Treat Broken Leg Overcomes Summary Judgment

Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010

Filed under: CMS, Medical, Skeletal Injury, Private Contractors, Failure to Treat, Summary Judgment

Failure of CMS Nurses and Doctor to Properly Treat Broken Leg Overcomes Summary Judgment by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the grant of summary judgment to a doctor and two ...

Judge Recommends Denial of Suppression Motion Related to Recordings Obtained from CCA

Article • May 15, 2010

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Informants (Disciplinary Hearings), Evidence, Telephones, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring

Judge Recommends Denial of Suppression Motion Related to Recordings Obtained from CCA by U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert E. Larsen has recommended the denial of a motion to suppress phone recordings of a plot to harm a federal witness obtained by the government through a Rule 17 subpoena without a court …

Crisis in Reverse: Counties Struggle with Dwindling Jail Populations

Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010

Filed under: Financing, Immigration, News

Crisis in Reverse: Counties Struggle with Dwindling Jail Populations by Gary Hunter Morgan County, Missouri was in dire financial straits before contracting with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to house immigration detainees at the county’s jail. For a while things were great – Sheriff Jim Petty replaced his worn-out …

Calls over Monitored Phone to Attorney not Protected by Sixth Amendment

Article • January 15, 2010

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Attorney Client, Telephone Monitoring

Calls over Monitored Phone to Attorney not Protected by Sixth Amendment by U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert E. Larsen has recommended the denial of a motion to suppress audio recordings obtained by the United States from CCA that contained attorney-client communications. While awaiting trial on federal charges, Gary Eye allegedly conspired …

Court Halts Missouri Physician-Overseen Lethal Injection Execution; Blows Doctor’s Cover

Article • April 15, 2009

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Private Contractors, Civil Procedure, Injunctions, Death Penalty, Death Row

Court Halts Missouri Physician-Overseen Lethal Injection Execution; Blows Doctor’s Cover by A “secret” Missouri surgeon who has supervised 54 prisoner executions had his cover pulled and suffered immediate peer criticism, court restriction, and a media barrage. In tension were the Hippocratic Oath of doctors to sustain the life of their …

Removal to Federal Court Denied State Court Jurisdiction

Article • January 15, 2008

Filed under: CMS, Dental Care, Damages, Money/Property, Seizure of Prisoner Funds

that had been removed to federal court. Missouri prisoner Edward Moore successfully sued Correctional Medical Services (CMS) for deliberate indifference to his serious dental needs. A jury awarded Moore ...

Michigan Prisons: Another CMS Failure in Privatized Prisoner Health Care

Article • May 15, 2007 • from PLN May, 2007

Filed under: CMS, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Cancer, Blood, Medical Records, Gastrointestinal, Amputations, Failure to Treat, Staffing, PLRA, Injunctions (PLRA), Restraints, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Michigan Prisons: Another CMS Failure in Privatized Prisoner Health Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Another state prison system that subjected itself to the experiment ...

$2,220,000 Settlement To Missouri Prisoners Formerly Housed In Texas

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Bobby Ross Group, Attorneys, Attorney Fee Awards, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Dogs

$2,220,000 Settlement To Missouri Prisoners Formerly Housed In Texas by Over seven hundred Missouri state prisoners, who were formerly housed as part of a bed-sharing program in Texas prison facilities from January 1, 1995, through December 31, 1997, filed a Federal class action civil rights complaint regarding conditions of confinement …

8th Circuit Remands Damages Seizure for Reconsideration under Hankins v. Finnel

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Private Prisons, CMS, Dental Care, Damages, Seizure of Prisoner Funds

to enjoin Missouri from attaching a § 1983 judgment for incarceration costs. Missouri prisoner Edward Moore successfully sued Correctional Medical Services (CMS) for deliberate indifference to his serious ...

Eighth Circuit Upholds Judgment Against CMS For Delayed Dental Care

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: CMS, Dental Care, Immunity/Liability, Contractor Liability

Eighth Circuit Upholds Judgment Against CMS For Delayed Dental Care by In an unpublished opinion filed on August 7, 2001, the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a judgment against ...

Missouri Elective Abortion Ban Ruled Unconstitutional In Class Action

Article • May 15, 2007 • from PLN May, 2007

Filed under: Private Prisons, CMS, Abortion, Injunctions (PLRA), Class Certification

was unconstitutional and invalid. The Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) and its medical provider, Correctional Medical Services (CMS), routinely transported women prisoners to abortion clinics at the prisoners ...

Missouri Attaches Prisoner's Award Against CMS, 8th Cir Remands

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Private Prisons, CMS, Damages, State Law Claims, Seizure of Prisoner Funds

Missouri Attaches Prisoner's Award Against CMS, 8th Cir Remands by On July 28, 2003, the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a district court to reconsider whether the State ...

Missouri Prisoner's Allegation that Prison Doctor Ignored His Constant Complaints of Pain May State 8th Amendment Claim

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: CMS, Pain, Skeletal Injury, Surgery, Conditions of Confinement, Eighth Amendment

Constant Complaints of Pain May State 8th Amendment Claim In February of 2002, Robert Taylor, a Missouri state prisoner, injured his knee. A Correctional Medical Services (CMS) doctor named Steven ...

CMS Liable for Prisoner's Failed Hip Prosthesis; $75,000 Awarded

Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005

Filed under: Private Prisons, CMS, Skeletal Injury, Damages

CMS Liable for Prisoner's Failed Hip Prosthesis; $75,000 Awarded by Robert Woodman by Robert H. Woodman On January 9, 2004 the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri found ...

DOJ Investigates CMS Health Care at Missouri Prison

Article • May 15, 2000 • from PLN May, 2000

Filed under: CMS, Medical, Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Hepatitis, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

DOJ Investigates CMS Health Care at Missouri Prison by Michael Rigby DOJ Investigates CMS Health Care At Missouri Prison by Michael Rigby Allegations of improper medical treat-ment, lack ...

Out-of-State Prisoner Housing Contracts Subject to Long-Arm Jurisdiction

Article • March 15, 2000 • from PLN March, 2000

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Private Prisons, Bobby Ross Group, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Standing, Venue, Municipal Liability, Contractor Liability

Out-of-State Prisoner Housing Contracts Subject to Long-Arm Jurisdiction by A federal court in Missouri has held that Missouri prisoners whose incarceration was contracted to Brazoria County, Texas, could sue Brazoria County in Missouri. This is a lawsuit filed in Missouri federal district court by Missouri state prisoners who were abused …

Missouri Proposes $2.2 Million Settlement

Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Private Prisons, Capital Correctional Resources Inc, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Dogs, Damages, Settlements, Seizure of Prisoner Funds

County Detention Center. At the time of the incident Missouri housed some of its its overflow prisoners in a portion of the Brazoria County jail that was being leased to Capital Correctional Resources ...

No Qualified Immunity for Texas Sheriff and CCRI Guards Who Abused Missouri Prisoners

Article • August 15, 1999 • from PLN August, 1999

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Private Prisons, Capital Correctional Resources Inc, Contractor Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Strip Searches, Prison/Common Area Searches, Body Cavity Searches, Staffing, Clothing, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Dogs, Qualified Immunity, Supervisory Liability, Municipal Liability, Contractor Liability

for summary judgment. Brazoria County Sheriff Joe King leased a portion of his jail to Capital Correctional Resources, Inc. (CCRI), agreeing to train CCRI personnel. At King's request, CCRI hired Ray Crawford ...

Four Indicted in Videotaped Brazoria Jail Beatings

Article • October 15, 1998 • from PLN October, 1998

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Private Prisons, Capital Correctional Resources Inc, Criminal Prosecution, Guard Brutality/Beatings

videotaped shakedown of Missouri prisoners in the Brazoria County "Rent-A-Jail." The three, Lester Arnold, David Cisneros and Robert Percival, along with former Capital Correctional Resources Inc. (CCRI) guard ...

Delay of Dental Service Violates 8th Amendment

Article • May 15, 1998 • from PLN May, 1998

Filed under: CMS, Dental Care, Medical Records, Civil Procedure, Service, Contractor Liability

prisoner, repeatedly sought dental care for a toothache from Correctional Medical Services (CMS), a private company with whom the Missouri DOC had contracted out its medical services. After six months ...

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